An imam (priest), a fisherwoman, Bob Dylan - Kalki Koechlin was all of these and more in turns, performing at the National Youth Poetry Slam (NYPS) in Lotus Convention Centre on Sunday.
The untitled poem, written on her way to Bengaluru from Guwahati, was a comment on the consumerist lives we lead in cities and the endless routine that we follow day after day. "I think this poem is a result of my frustrated thoughts about struggling with the pace." Koechlin explained.
The poem traces her day as she wakes up to the prayer from a mosque which is then drowned out by the sounds of fisherwomen calling out 'machli, machli'. Her description of waking up on a Monday morning and heading out into the traffic was something everyone could relate to.
Scroll through my trolls- 'You have such big teeth' 'Ugly face' referring to the flak she receives on social media every day.
Koechlin criticised the capitalist, consumerist lives we lead in which our thoughts are 'plagiarised' and 'copy pasted' and where news is made out of trivial things like lipstick. Her well-known piece 'The Printing Machine' is on the same theme, of sensationalism in the media.
The audience cheered her on and she received a huge round of applause at the end of her performance.
Organised by Airplane Poetry Movement and Campus Diaries, the first edition of the national-level slam NYPS had 25 teams participating from colleges all over the country. After individual performances by the three members of the groups, the finals had 10 teams in a group performance.
Three teams were from Bengaluru colleges- St Josephs College of Arts & Science, Kristu Jayanti College and Srishti School of Art Design and Technology.
The team from Gargi College, New Delhi won the national-level slam and they will be representing India at a poetry slam in Chicago in April 2017.
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An imam (priest), a fisherwoman, Bob Dylan - Kalki Koechlin was all of these and more in turns, performing at the National Youth Poetry Slam (NYPS) in Lotus Convention Centre on Sunday.
The untitled poem, written on her way to Bengaluru from Guwahati, was a comment on the consumerist lives we lead in cities and the endless routine that we follow day after day. "I think this poem is a result of my frustrated thoughts about struggling with the pace.” Koechlin explained.
The poem traces her day as she wakes up to the prayer from a mosque which is then drowned out by the sounds of fisherwomen calling out 'machli, machli’. Her description of waking up on a Monday morning and heading out into the traffic was something everyone could relate to.
Scroll through my trolls- 'You have such big teeth’ 'Ugly face’ referring to the flak she receives on social media every day.
Koechlin criticised the capitalist, consumerist lives we lead in which our thoughts are 'plagiarised’ and 'copy pasted’ and where news is made out of trivial things like lipstick. Her well-known piece 'The Printing Machine’ is on the same theme, of sensationalism in the media.
The audience cheered her on and she received a huge round of applause at the end of her performance.
Organised by Airplane Poetry Movement and Campus Diaries, the first edition of the national-level slam NYPS had 25 teams participating from colleges all over the country. After individual performances by the three members of the groups, the finals had 10 teams in a group performance.
Three teams were from Bengaluru colleges- St Joseph's College of Arts & Science, Kristu Jayanti College and Srishti School of Art Design and Technology.
The team from Gargi College, New Delhi won the national-level slam and they will be representing India at a poetry slam in Chicago in April 2017.
The untitled poem, written on her way to Bengaluru from Guwahati, was a comment on the consumerist lives we lead in cities and the endless routine that we follow day after day. "I think this poem is a result of my frustrated thoughts about struggling with the pace." Koechlin explained.
The poem traces her day as she wakes up to the prayer from a mosque which is then drowned out by the sounds of fisherwomen calling out 'machli, machli'. Her description of waking up on a Monday morning and heading out into the traffic was something everyone could relate to.
Scroll through my trolls- 'You have such big teeth' 'Ugly face' referring to the flak she receives on social media every day.
Koechlin criticised the capitalist, consumerist lives we lead in which our thoughts are 'plagiarised' and 'copy pasted' and where news is made out of trivial things like lipstick. Her well-known piece 'The Printing Machine' is on the same theme, of sensationalism in the media.
The audience cheered her on and she received a huge round of applause at the end of her performance.
Organised by Airplane Poetry Movement and Campus Diaries, the first edition of the national-level slam NYPS had 25 teams participating from colleges all over the country. After individual performances by the three members of the groups, the finals had 10 teams in a group performance.
Three teams were from Bengaluru colleges- St Josephs College of Arts & Science, Kristu Jayanti College and Srishti School of Art Design and Technology.
The team from Gargi College, New Delhi won the national-level slam and they will be representing India at a poetry slam in Chicago in April 2017.
Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.
An imam (priest), a fisherwoman, Bob Dylan - Kalki Koechlin was all of these and more in turns, performing at the National Youth Poetry Slam (NYPS) in Lotus Convention Centre on Sunday. The untitled poem, written on her way to Bengaluru from Guwahati, was a comment on the consumerist lives we lead in cities and the endless routine that we follow day after day. "I think this poem is a result of my frustrated thoughts about struggling with the pace.” Koechlin explained.
The poem traces her day as she wakes up to the prayer from a mosque which is then drowned out by the sounds of fisherwomen calling out 'machli, machli’. Her description of waking up on a Monday morning and heading out into the traffic was something everyone could relate to.
Scroll through my trolls- 'You have such big teeth’ 'Ugly face’ referring to the flak she receives on social media every day.
Koechlin criticised the capitalist, consumerist lives we lead in which our thoughts are 'plagiarised’ and 'copy pasted’ and where news is made out of trivial things like lipstick. Her well-known piece 'The Printing Machine’ is on the same theme, of sensationalism in the media.
The audience cheered her on and she received a huge round of applause at the end of her performance.
Organised by Airplane Poetry Movement and Campus Diaries, the first edition of the national-level slam NYPS had 25 teams participating from colleges all over the country. After individual performances by the three members of the groups, the finals had 10 teams in a group performance.
Three teams were from Bengaluru colleges- St Joseph's College of Arts & Science, Kristu Jayanti College and Srishti School of Art Design and Technology.
The team from Gargi College, New Delhi won the national-level slam and they will be representing India at a poetry slam in Chicago in April 2017.